Apparatus for cleaning, waxing, and polishing floors and the like



April 16, 1935. M. PLN A 1,997,913

` APPARATUS FOR CLEANING, WAXING, AND POLISHING FLOORS AND THEIy LIKE Original Fled June 13, 1951 5 Sheets-.Sheet 1 Imi M. PLN 1,997,913

WAXING, AND POLISHING FLOORS AND THE LIKE April 16, 1935.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING,

'-5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed June 13, 1951 `4441/19 134L fr,

M. PLN

April. 16, 1935. 1,997,913 wAxING, AND POLISHING FLooRs'AND THE LIKE A APPARATUS FOR CLEANING,

orig-H131 Filed June 15, 1951 3. sheets-sheet 3 Patented Apr. 16, 1935 l 1,597,913' "A, 'Y i I APPARATUS FOR. WAX'ING AND Y PoLIsHINGFLooas AND 'Inn-m .1

i Max mmasel, switzerland Application June 13, 1931, Serial No. 544,168. Re-

newed February?, 1935.:` In Switzerland'` JuneY .14,1930 Y ,Y s

v v ,710' (crei- 39) l t 'I'l'iisinventon relates to adevicel for cleaning; wheel vrotationby means of a. waxing' and. polishing' floors, linoleum and the toothed wheel: gearing-,wia screwispindlewhielr like. Y. a actuatesfthexplate inthe wax containerfao that;

polishing apparatuses are known, the Wax is automatically' pressednpthroug-h apen-r Whichn a. casing, serving for accommodating-the tures provided inf-the.- bruslrbackinto-the apploa- 5 wax, apressure plate sarranged, Whichfs gradiltion i y allyk moved downwards, either directly by hand The shutting oiofithewax feedfis;effeetedin.

orY automatically by the oscillatingrmovements thatan oscillatablea'lever' engagesnrajgroove of the handle during the Waxing, in order this provided err-the .pawlf'and thustpushesi the. pawl.

110. manner torfeed the waxinto the lower portion of of the ratehetfwheel. f Y t thev device serving for waxingf v During the return movementof:theffcvontrol theseapparatuses are however open to a lever the pawl is again pressedagainst-.the teeth great'objectioninthatwhilst they are suitableV oftheratchet wheelby meansV of springtpressure; for applying the wax to the floor orl the like to be The pawl ist connected` tothe handle by a lever 15 treated, the wax 's not distributed nlm-like on the so. tha-t1 during the; return movement of the1 han- 151 floor. A further disadvantage of' the known -d'e die the wax'feed is actuated. vicesconsists, that the polishingz'apparatuses'- Theoscillatable lever for pressingo the pawl serve either only lfor applying the Wax or for Yisfnrouznted sothatlitcan beibroughtpas desired, polishing the door smeared withrwax; into .and youtI of engagement with the ratchet All 'these disadvantagesr are overcome by the' wheel.l 1 1 invention`V inthat'an` apparatus is: produced, by In-order :tdfemploy the device as polishingapmeans of which the hoor-canV be smeared-with paratus;V it lisfpreferable to construct the polishwax; whiehis atthe-sametime distributed iilming-brushasaaisolidblock. Inthis-instancefahol- Y like over the floor; v Y lowispaee is rnzovldedvin` then bruslr. back, which 251 The`- apparatus according to the invention servestforacconnnodatingitlie apparatus withapserves, besides for applying` vand distributingV the plying brush and cloth. covering.r A bar attached wax, also for polishing the oorin that, either to: the. brushback of the solid` block. serves asan the distributing bruslr is replaced by a polishing interrupterforzthe wax admissiom Y brush thevvax feed being automa-ticaill'y shut oli, 'l barhas ascam-.shapedtedgea in which a pin ;A or thev entire apparatus is liked on 'a I'seraarate fitted/ors the; .di-sengaging mechanism; engages 3o'- polisl'xing brush, when the Wax feed is also shut when inserting the device into tlrebioclr'..y 'It must oif; t t f Y follow thezcurvefof thezbarfandis thereby moved A technical advance ofcommercial-importance so'that the reed. pawl disengaged, from the is attained` by the'invention. Y toothedwhe'el. i 1 LI 1 f i 35.-A A'ceordingto' the invention i'n a WaXi'nga-p'pae Irrtheftrammwhiclrstretches the'clotlrover the 35 ratus, in which awpressure plate is` tted nr a wax application "lornsh,i a'slutA isf provided. through container inv such a; manner that'it automatically whichV han' extends.: gradually descends lduring Work andfconsequently' The block:v brushi can `earidentl'y also: be' com presses the necessary quantity of vva-X through s'tizucztedn arrrdflnary'blocln brush;` with angle 405 brushes provided holes-andi formingjthe bars-xed; theretoy sothat the' entire apparatus', 4o bottom of the wax container, acloth for applying including the: distrtbuin'ng brush, can 'be' fixed the wax is' stretched and `clamped overlthe applythereto. The fixing eileeted asdesired; by ing brush by meansL of an exchangeable frame, xianaota. latch; oni. barzfor in. any other provided with distributing or r'poli'sl'lirlgbristles; manner; Y i

45.1 Instead ofthe framentted with bristles, serv-k mtnisieonsnucurrorthe bloclcbnxsnthe ingiorclamping'the-cloth, aframeofrectangular distributing brush remains in the apparatus, it cross section may be employed', irrwhioh the veri'sprovidediwith 1a. slot for. introducing: the disentcalinnerside surfaces serve asblainping gageinent bar, :'IJhsuiSfi preferably widened ln faces" for theclotl'rv for-'applying the wax andthe downward' 'dir'.eeti`on"so,l that. the liar'4 'carr easily v horizontalssmfaces'for'fixingthe distributing or 4slip through the slot. i l

polishing brush. '5 j L embodiment off thea inyentionis'illustrated During the up and down movements"A of the by way of: examplein the'aeeompanying! drawing handle during the waxing a; pawl; connected to inl Whichr`-- f o, N thehandlebyfa lever, rotates through a certain Fig.' yI isf a crosslseetion ol*` the;*apparati-,usy for distancea verticallyv arranged ratchetwheel; applyinganwdlstrlbuting'thewax;` 55;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the apparatus tted for polishing the floor.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a stretching frame.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a polishing brush constructed as a solid block.

Fig. 5 is a side eleyation of the -entire vapparatus fittedl for applying.v and distributing the wax, the protecting' cover being removed.

Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 5 showing apparatus with the block brush.

Fig. 7 shows in perspective viewjaV modifiedl form of construction of the block brush.

Fig. 8 shows in perspective View the block brush according to Fig. 7 with the distributing apparatus mounted thereon. f

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A container I for accommodatinguthefwax isV closed at the bottom by an applying brush 2. Over this brush 2 a cloth 3 is stretched. This cloth 3 isA clamped in position by the wooden frame ofa-distributorbrsh 4 lor of arpolishing' bru'sh 55 The vbrushes have a'feltzlayer 6 around the brush'bac'kV for the'purpose of protectingfurniturefwallsand'the like.V f f' If thev apparatus is tobe employed for` applying wax, it is provided with a distributing'brush' 4 (FigffflL-whereasfor polishing it is provided with ablockbrushi. The bristles of the brushes extendfslightlylower than'jthe surface: of the cloth, so that this latter does-not come into contact lwith the'ffloorf f 1 f I L I For clamping the cloth 3 a frame vB might be employed... This frame V8 is; preferably of rectangular cross? section, the Ivertical inner faces serving asl clamping surfaces for the' cloth 3.and the horizontal faces for` the flxationof aidistributor brush or polishing brush. 7 i Y Y s 'I'he frame 8 is ynotessential but the clothmay beheld in place. by friction.alone between the brush 4 and container I. I y f The movement of the pressure plate 1, which presses the wax'out ofthe container I through the apertures in the.` brush-'2, .isi-'effected during the up and'down movement' ofthe handle Siby. means of a feed pawl I0 which rotates'through a certain distance avertically`v arranged ratchet wheel I2through the intermediary of a lever I I; This ratchet wheelVIZ imparts its rotary movement to! .the pressure `platerI `by means of any suitable known toothed wheelwge'aring, which ro tatesa'spindle I3.`I i' i A lever I4is providedfordis'engaging the pawl I0 and consequently shutting 'ofi' the Wax supply, said lever engaging during the oscillation. of the handle in al depression orgroovle'provided in the pawl I0 andrthus pressesthe pawl'IIl away from the ratchet wheel I2, whereaszduring the return oscillationof the lever I4;,this. pawl is pressed against the teeth vof the ratchet vwheel I2;by spring pressure. .The vvhandle fixing isconstructed as a U-shaped bow. I5 AandY connected with the. pawl I0 actuated by .the.lever.II, I6. J

The Alever I41is arranged r. oscillatablein f such a manner that by means thereof the pawl VVII) can be broughtiinto and out., 'of Vengagement-'as desired. f v; i The polishing brush can; also beconstructed as a solid yblock I'I, a special :device I9, 20 being provided onthe brushback I1 for interrupting the wax feed. The Vinterrupting devicey consists preferably of abar I9. with .upper edge 20s-.of cam-shape, so that a pin 2I on the lever I4 isV moved during the insertionof the deviceintotheblock aperture I8 in such a manner,l that.thepawllisdisengaged from the toothed wheel I2. In the frame 8 a slot 22 is provided through which the bar I9 is inserted during the placing of the applying brush 2 with cloth covering 3 on to the block brush I'I.

The block brush may be constructed as a simple brush 23 with angular bars 24 fixed thereto, so thatthe entire device including the distributing brush vlean be fitted on the .block'brugsh 23. In this instance `a Apin 25 serving "asstop is fitted on the bar I9. For fixing the apparatus on the Y block brush 23 latches 26 may be provided, which can be pushedinto apertures 42'! provided in the bars 24.

It isevident that it lies within the scope of the invention to effect the fixing by means of any known devices.

After the floor or the like has been rubbed over with wax and this wax has been distributed filmlike by means of the distributing brush 4, the entire apparatus, including the distributing brush 4, is placed and fixed onthe'. block 23. The Wax feed is hereby automatically shutoff,'as the cam 20 pulls the pawl IIJ out of engagement with thev toothed wheel I2, through thevinterinediary'of thelever ,l4., v Y

, 1. An .apparatus for waxing and'v polishing floors, comprising in combination a .wax con.- tainer, a perforated wax applying brush-forming the bottom of said container, a framer of Arec-v tangular cross section adapted to be slipped over said applying brush and having a horizontal surface and a downwardly extending flange; air-ame shaped distributing. brush exchangeablylmounted on the horizontal surface of said frame,and a Wax applying cloth adapted to be, stretched -over, said wax applying Vbrush and clamped between said flange and said container.` Y I 2. An apparatus as specifiedin vclaim 1,'comp-A prising in combinationvwith the wax container and the plate, a handle attached to said container, a screwl spindle adapted to lower said plate in said casing., ay ratchet wheel on V said container, a toothed wheel gearing connecting said ratchet to vsaid screw spindle, and a pawl connected tosaid handleI adapted t0 Iate said ratchet wheel and to transmit the up and-down movement of said handleto said Ascrew spindle. H

.3. An apparatus Aas.spesfi11d claim. 1, `comprisingin ycombination with the plate, a screw spindleadapted to ,lower saidV plata, a ratchet adapted to operate said screw spindle, a pawl having a. grveanddapiei to. actuar@ said ratchet, a lever adapted to engage in'said groove of said pawl to disengagesaid pawl. from said vratchet wheel, and a spring adaptedto press said pawlV against said ratchet wheeln on Ythe 0disengaging of said lever.

4. An apparatus as specified in'claim 1, comprising Ain. combination with the container and the plate, a iJ-shapedV bowon saidcontainer, a handle fixedin saidbow,nmeans for lowering said plate, a pawl 4adapted rto actuate said means, and levers connecting said pawl to said'bow. y l '5.'An apparatus as specified` inclaixn 1, com` prisingA in combination with the Vcontainer and the plate, means for lowering said plate, aratchetV wheel connected Witlisaid'xneans, a pawl for oper-l ating s'aid ratchet wheel,Vv and an Y oseillatable leveradaptedto bring and lock "said .pawl'n and out of engagement with said ratchet wheeljasl desiredv f Y '-v v,(6.` An apparatus as specified in claim .1, vcoinprising in combination with therapp'ly'ing brush andthe cloth stretchedthereon, a solidblock a blockk brush adapted to carry said applyingk brush having a cavity for accomodating said applying brush and said cloth, and a device on the back of said solid block for interrupting the Wax feed. A

. 7. An apparatus as specied in claim 1, comprising in combination with the applying brush and the plate, a solid polishing block adapted to be iitted on said applying brush, a bar on the back of said block, a cam-shaped edge on said bar, a disengaging device adapted to engage said camshaped edge, a ratchet adapted to effect the 10W- ering of said plate, and a feed pawl engaging said ratchet adapted to be disengaged from said ratchet by said pin during the insertion of the device in said block brush.

8. An apparatus as specified in claim 1, comprising in combination with the frame having a slot the applying brush and the c1oth covering,y

brush and said cloth, and bars adapted to engage in said slot during the placing of said ap plying brush with vsaid cloth on to said block brush.

tributor brush, bars on said block brush, and a 15 pin on said bar adapted to serve as stop for said distributor brush.

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